
Miss Universe 1968
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe
pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos
of Brazil
. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
, USA
.
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos
Martha Vasconcellos
Martha Vasconcellos , is a Brazilian who became that country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's...
of Brazil
Miss Brasil
The Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held almost every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants.It is one of the most important beauty contest of the world, with USA and Venezuela...
. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.

Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1968 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
![]() Peggy Kopp Peggy Kopp Arenas is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 3, 1951. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1968, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 13, 1968, when she won the title... |
4th runner-up |
![]() Dorothy Anstett Dorothy Catherine Anstett is a pageant titleholder from Kirkland, Washington who held the Miss USA 1968 title.Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title... |
Top 15 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Apantree Prayuttasenee Apantree Prayuttasenee , nicknamed Pui was Miss Thailand 1967. She competed in the Miss Universe 1968 pageant competition held in the USA and she placed in the Top 15.... ![]() |
Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
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Contestants
Argentina - Maria Del Carmen Jordan Vidal
Aruba - Sandra Croes
Australia - Laureen Jones
Austria - Brigitte Kruger
The Bahamas - Brenda Fountain
Belgium - Sonja Doumen
Bermuda - Victoria Martin
Bolivia - Roxana Bowles Chavez
Bonaire - Ilse Maria De Jong
Brazil - Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos
Canada - Nancy Wilson
- ' - Sheila Jayatilleke
Chile - Danae Monserrat Sala Sarradell
Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo Gonzalez
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Elizabeth Tavares
Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera
Curaçao - Anne Marie Braafheid
Denmark - Gitte Broge
Dominican Republic - Ana Maria Ortiz Perez
Ecuador - Priscila Alava Gonzalez
Kingdom of England - Jennifer Lowe Summers
Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin
Early Modern France - Elizabeth Cadren
Germany - Lilian Atterer
Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou
Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco
Haiti - Claudie Paquin
- ' - Nathalie Heyl
Honduras - Nora Idalia Guillen
Hong Kong - Tammy Yung
Iceland - Helen Knutsdottir
India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg
Republic of Ireland - Tiffany Scales
Israel - Miriam Friedman
Italy - Cristina Businari
Jamaica - Marjorie Bromfield
Japan - Yasuyo Iino
- ' - Kim Yoon-jung
Lebanon - Sonia Faris
Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier
Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali
Malta - Kathlene Farrugia
Mexico - Perla Olivia Aguirre Munoz
New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic
Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales
Norway - Tone Knaran
Okinawa Prefecture - Sachie Kawamitsu
Peru - Maria Esther Brambilla
Philippines - Sharina Rosello Zaragoza
Puerto Rico - Marylene Carrasquillo
Kingdom of Scotland - Helen Davidson
Singapore - Yasmin Saif
South Africa - Monica Fairall
Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist
Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger
Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee
Apantree PrayuttaseneeApantree Prayuttasenee , nicknamed Pui was Miss Thailand 1967. She competed in the Miss Universe 1968 pageant competition held in the USA and she placed in the Top 15....Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil
Turkey - Zumal Aktan
Uruguay - Graciela Minarrieta
United States - Dorothy Catherine Anstett
Dorothy AnstettDorothy Catherine Anstett is a pageant titleholder from Kirkland, Washington who held the Miss USA 1968 title.Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title...Venezuela - Peggy Kopp Arenas
Peggy KoppPeggy Kopp Arenas is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 3, 1951. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1968, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 13, 1968, when she won the title...Virgin Islands
Virgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Sadie SargeantWales - Judith Radford
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic